When you join the APFP, you join a diverse and dynamic community of child health professionals from countries across sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom will be colleagues and friends for life. Here is the cohort of APFP fellows in training at UCT in 2023.

General Paediatrics

  • Martha Shongolo, Onanjokwe Regional Referral Hospital, Ondangwa, Namibia, 2021-2025
  • Joy Shilongo, Onanjokwe Regional Referral Hospital, Ondangwa, Namibia, 2021-2025
  • Herlinde Kutyowa, Katutura Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia, 2022-2026
  • Liina Sikwayi, Windhoek Central Hospital Complex, Windhoek, Namibia, 2022-2026
  • Prisca Harawa, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2023- 2024
  • Ruth Bvalani, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre , Malawi, 2023-2024
  • Watipaso Kalizang'oma, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2023-2024
  • Tadala Memela, Kamazu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2024-2025
  • Harriet Potani, Kamazu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2024-2025
  • James Makina, Kamazu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2024-2025

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Sarah Wawa, Aga Khan University Hospital, Kenya, 2024-2026

Developmental Paediatrics

  • Takondwa Chimowa, Zomba Central Hospital, Zomba, Malawi, 2022-2024
  • Caroline Nerima, Kampala, Uganda, 2023-2025

Neonatology

  • Helga Naburi, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2022-2023
  • Ritah Nazziwa, Nsambya Hospital, Nsambya, Uganda, 2022-2024
  • Gae Mundundu, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, 2023-2025
  • Flora Ode Boakye-Mensah, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, 2024-2026
  • Selome Tsigedingle, Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethiopia, 2024-2026

Paediatric Allergology

  • Hilary Andoh, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 2022-2024
  • Amida Kalombola, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, 2024-2026

Paediatric Anaesthetics

  • Anastasia Ohene, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2023
  • Fredson Mwiga, Kilimajaro Christian medical Center, Tanzania, 2024
  • Frack Ngovulu, Joseph Kasa-Vubu University, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024-2025

Paediatric Cardiology

  • Christiana Adu-Takyi, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2021-2024
  • Dominic Moyo, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2023- 2026

Paediatric Critical Care

  • Hope Musonda, Ndola Teaching Hospital, Zambia, 2023-2024
  • Alinanuswe Kasilika, Mbeya Regional Referral Hospital, Tanzania, 2024

Paediatric Electrophysiology

  • Leticia Sam-Onumah, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2024 

Paediatric Gastroenterology

  • Khobieb Mohammed, Gaafar Ibnauf Specialist Tertiary Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, 2023-2025
  • Livin Mumburi, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania 2024-2026

Paediatric Infectious Diseases

  • Patricia Akintan, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, 2023-2025
  • Ifeoma Ude, Bishop Shanahan Hospital Nsukka, Nigeria, 5-month rotation, 2024

Paediatric Nephrology

  • Ethwako Mlia Phiri, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, 2022- 2024
  • Handsome Tadesse, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023-2024
  • Oaitse Wally, Gaborone, Botswana, 2023-2025
  • Datonye Briggs, River State University Hospital, Nigeria, 2024-2026

Paediatric Neurology

  • Gwen Kandwasvika, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2022-2023
  • Halima Naiwumbwe, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 2023-2025
  • Obrey Urio, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Joyce Nalwoga, Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Cyprian Birmeh, Ghana Police Hospital, Ghana, 2024-2026

Paediatric Oncology

  • Beatrice Chikaponya Phiri, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Blantyre, Malawi, 2022-2023
  • Mamiki Chise, Princess Marina Hospital, Gabarone, Botswana, 2022-2024
  • Stella Mzumara, Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation, , Lilongwe, Malawi, 2023-2025
  • Linda Kassila, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania, 2024-2026
  • Yaa Oppong-Mensah, Komfo Anokya Teaching Hospital, 2024-2026

Paediatric Physiotherapy

  • Frida Manyanga, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, 2024
  • Martha Chimwala, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi, 2024
  • Tendai Banda, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi, 2024

Paediatric Pulmonology

  • Naomi Adjetey, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2023-2025
  • Jean Bangirana, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Paul Mwanyika, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, 2024-2026

Paediatric Pulmonology

  • Moruf Abdulsalam, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, 2024-2026